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0. QUARESIMA 6a J. VOLL. NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED mmm. 190s.

912,978. Patented 111611.16, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO QUARESIMA AND JOSEPH VOLL, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-RE FILLAB LE B OTTLE To all 'whom 'it may concern;

Be it known that we, OTTO QUARESIMA and JOSEPH VOLL, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented Vcertain new and useful Improvements inNon-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to bottles, jugs or like neckedreceptacles for containing liquid, the purpose being to prevent thereuse of the bottle after the same has been emptied, thereby protectingthe party placing upon the market a certain brand of goods, as alsoinsuring the consumer obtaining the genuine article, or goods desired.

F or a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the meansfor effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings.

While the invention may be adapted to diHerent forms and conditions bychanges in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment isshown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical central section of a bottle provided with safetymeans embodying the invention, the intermediate portion kspective viewof the safety means.

of the bottle being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1,showing the bottle tilted, as in the act of pouring off the liquidcontents thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail per- Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectionon the line of Fig. 1.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The invention is shown applied to a bottle, although it is to beunderstood that it may be readily adapted to a jug, or other receptaclehaving a neck. The body 1 of the bottle is provided with an innershoulder 2 at the base or juncture of the neck 3, therewith, said innershoulder serving to limit the movement of the plug when placing the samein position within the neck 3. The neck is provided near its lower endwith screw threads 4 and near its upper end with other screw threads 5,the one being right and the other left, for a purpose presently t0 beexplained.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 24, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Serial No. 423,011.

The safety means consists of a plug 6 having a portion 7 near its lowerend externally screw threaded to match the screw threads 4 of the neck 3so as to secure the plug within the neck and hold it upon the shoulder2. The plug 6 is hollow and its upper portion is contracted and formedwith an outer series of ratchet teeth 8. A series of partitions 9 arearranged within the plug at different points in its length, eachpartition having an opening 10 which is normally closed by means of avalve 11 which is adapted to open upward and to close downward. Toprevent displacement of the valves and to insure their seating, each isprovided with pendent arms 12 of light spring wire and aving their lowerends bent outwardly so as to engage under the respective partitionsadjacent to the openings 10. The valves 11 may be of any form andconstruction and are made tapering and their seats correspondinglyflare. There may be as many valves and partitions as may be foundnecessary or advantageous to secure the desired results. A packing 13 isinterposed between the shoulder 2 and the plug 6 to secure a tightjoint.

An air tube 14 has its upper end secured in the plug 6 and its lower endterminating within a short distance of the bottom of the bottle orreceptacle,l and provided with a check valve 15 of any construction anddesign, so long as it serves to prevent the liquid contents of thebottle from entering the tube 14 and at the same time permitting of freeingress of air when tilting the bottle to pour off the contents thereof.The tube 14 is passed through openings formed in the partitions 9 and issupported therein. A branch 16 at the upper end of the tube 14 above theuppermost partition, insures ingress of air without requiring the bottleto be tilted from a particular side.

A guard 17 serves to secure the plug 6 in place and prevent removalthereof'. This guard consists of a ring exteriorly threaded to match thescrew threads 5. Detents 18, pendent from the guard 17, coperate withthe ratchet teeth 8 to prevent removal of the guard after the same hasbeen placed in position.

It is to be understood that the plug 6 is secured within the neck of thebottle by the matching right hand screw threads 4 and 7. After the plughas been placed in position, the guard 17 is inserted in the upper endof the neck and is screwed home therein. the guard 17 is screwed home,the detents 18 ride upon the ratchet teeth 8. By reason of the screwthreads 5 being left hand, the guard 17 is screwed home by a rotarymove'- ment, the reverse of that required to screw the plug 6 within theneck ofY the bottle. After the guard 17 has been properly positionedwithin the neck of the bottle, it cannot be removed because of theinterlocking connection between it and thel plug, and, furthermore,because of the right hand screw thread connection of said plug with thebottle neck and the left hand screw thread connection of the guard withsaid bottle neck.

rlhe detents 18 may be spring pins or wires enabling them to ride uponthe ratchet teeth 8 when turning the guard home and interlocking withsaid ratchet teeth to prevent unscrewing or removal of the guard in anattempt to turn the same backward.

The bottle may be filled in the usual manner and when filled the plug 6and guard are placed in position, after which the bottle is corked orsealed in the accustomed way so as to prevent spilling of the contentsin the event of the bottle being upset or tilted. After the cork 19 hasbeen removed, the liquid contents of the bottle may be drawn oil in theusual way by tilting said bottle, as indicated in Fig. 2. As the liquidpasses od from the bottle, air enters through the tube 14 to replacethat drawn oiif, thereby insuring a steady outiiow of the liquid so longas the bottle is tilted.' Wlhen the bottle is returned to an uprightposition, valves 11 and 15 automatically close, thereby preventing anyliquid being poured into the bottle to take the place of that withdrawn.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. 1n combination with a necked receptacle, a valved plug secured withinthe neck of the receptacle by means of a screw thread joint, a guardsecured within the neck of the receptacle by means of a screw thread thereverse of that holding the plug in place, and interlocking meansbetween said guard and Plus- 2. 1n a necked receptacle, the combinationof a valved plug secured within the neckr of the receptacle by means ofa screw thread and provided at its upper end with ratchet teetli,-and aguard secured within the said neck by means of a screw thread thereverse of that securing the said plug in place and having detent meanscooperating with the said ratchet teeth to form interlocking meansbetween the guard and plug.

3. in a necked receptacle, the combina tion of a valved plug securedwithin the neck of the receptacle and having its upper portioncontracted and formed upon its outer side with ratchet teeth, a guardsecured within said neck by means of a screw thread the reverse of thatholding the plug in place,

and detents carried by said guard and adapted to cooperate with theratchet teeth upon the contracted portion of said plug to prevennremovalof either said guard or plug.

4. In a necked receptacle, the combination of a valved plug, and an airtube saup-` ported in said plug and having a branch at its upper end.

5. ln a necked receptacle, the combination of a hollow plug securedwithin the neck and provided with a series of partitions having openingstherein, valves cooperating with said openings to normally close thesame, and an air tube supported in said partitions and extending towithin a short distance of the bottom of the receptacle and having abranch at its upper end above the uppermost partition.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

OTTO QUARESlh/A. [L S.] JSEPH VQLL. [L s] Witnesses: y

V. B. HILLYARD,

W. N. WooDsoN.

